From 5/24/14 Deadly Gentlemen's Ball at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.  A tribute to the great Tommy Jarrell.

Drunken Hiccups feat. Brittany Haas

Chris Eldridge and I played a show in April 2014 at my alma mater, Hampshire College.  As usual for us we did almost exclusively Stanley Brothers material including this beautiful number, The White Dove.  Chris sings lead, and I jump in on the tenor part and some Stanley-style background humming.  Enjoy!

The White Dove with Chris Eldridge

Here's a brand-new track from a brand-new trio.  Bruce Molsky, Tony Trischka, and I played our first gig this past Saturday 6/21/14 on the High Line park in NYC for Bluegrass In The Tall Grass.  Bruce tears a new one in "I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham."  Enjoy!

I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Bruce Molsky, Tony Trischka, & Michael Daves

Sarah and Alex sat in on my regular Tuesday night set at the Rockwood Music Hall in NYC on 5/20/14.  This was our first time singing this old Bill Monroe gospel number but it worked!

Michael Daves With Sarah Jarosz And Alex Hargreaves - The Old Cross Road

A bootleg recording of Mike Compton (mandolin) and Michael Daves (guitar) from a workshop at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in 2015

Long Journey Home - Compton And Daves

From the Michael Daves & Friends set at RockyGrass festival in Lyon, CO on August 7, 2017. Featuring Noam Pikelny on banjo, Brittany Haas on fiddle, Mike Bub on bass, and Dominick Leslie on mandolin.  Video of the entire set in available for subscribers to Michael's online school in bluegrass vocals on ArtistWorks: http://artistworks.com/bluegrass-vocal-lessons-michael-daves   Video for the set's opening song, June Apple, is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNe4APOkBo

20160804 MD RockyGrass

Elzic's Farewell - It's Been A Good Year For The Roses

Darling Corey

From the Michael Daves & Friends set at RockyGrass festival in Lyon, CO on August 7, 2017. Featuring Noam Pikelny on banjo, Brittany Haas on fiddle, Mike Bub on bass, and Dominick Leslie on mandolin. Video of the entire set in available for subscribers to Michael's online school in bluegrass vocals on ArtistWorks: artistworks.com/bluegrass-vocal-l…ons-michael-daves Video for the set's opening song, June Apple, is available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNe4APOkBo

Drunken Hiccups

Pretty Polly

June Apple

I Only Exist

Michael Daves with special guest Tony Trischka live at the Rockwood Music Hall on July 18, 2017.  This song was the first million-selling country record, cut in 1928 by Vernon Dalhart.

20170718 RW with Trischka

Prisoner's Song

Michael Daves with special guest Tony Trischka live at the Rockwood Music Hall on July 18, 2017.  This traditional song appears on Michael's Nonesuch Records release "Orchids and Violence."

Drunken Hiccups with Tony Trischka

Michael Daves with special guest Tony Trischka live at the Rockwood Music Hall on July 18, 2017. This is Tony's original composition "Escher's Waltz" which originally appeared on his Rounder Records release "Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular."

Eschers's Waltz

Noam joined me for my regular Tuesday night gig at the Rockwood Music Hall in NYC after returning from a loooong tour with the Punch Brothers. Welcome home!

Whitehouse Blues feat. Noam Pikelny

Michael Daves was born in 1977 in the southern empire of Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up playing bluegrass in that grand old tradition of staying up late & singing real loud. Although he’s since moved north, the humid south remains, lodged in his heart and sinus cavities. Heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Daves has garnered attention for his work with Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, and others in addition to his solo performances. 

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